Behaviors – Page 81 – Feathered Photography

Male American Kestrel Trying To Swallow A Frozen Tail

Some parts of the meal can be less palatable than others.

Grebe With A Big Fish And Two First-of-season Bird Species – Yay!

Grebes sometimes “bite off” more than they can chew.

Pied-billed Grebe – A Unique (and entertaining) Way Of Diving

Researchers have named at least six different diving methods in Pied-billed Grebes but I find this one to be the most entertaining to watch.

Barn Swallow Adult And Fledgling – Finally, Perfect Timing

In bird photography timing and luck are often major players in our results.

Sage Grouse Performing And Fighting On A Lek

This experience with Greater Sage Grouse was one of my most memorable in the field.

Magpie With A Praying Mantis Egg Case (and an ingenious food strategy)

Yesterday morning I photographed a magpie with a new (for me) twist in its diet.

Back-To-Back American Kestrels – Male And Female With Prey

I got relatively close to two kestrels, a male and a female, both with prey, within four minutes. Miracles do happen…

Red-tailed Hawks Fighting Amongst The Wires

Skirmishing raptors are always fun to photograph, even when there are wires in the way.

Juvenile and Adult Swainson’s Hawks – A Feeding Session

Things got a little frenzied when one of the adult Swainson’s Hawks would bring a vole in to feed their juvenile offspring.

Loggerhead Shrike Devouring An Impaled Vole

Loggerhead Shrikes are often called “butcher birds” and this one demonstrated for me how that moniker was earned.

Prairie Falcon With Prey

This young female Prairie Falcon had just claimed her prize after a successful and well-planned hunt.

Western Grebe With A Channel Catfish?

This is one of the larger fish I’ve seen a Western Grebe with.

Swainson’s Hawks – Juvenile & Adult Food Exchange

For the past three days I’ve been able to observe a variety of different types of prey exchanges between adult and juvenile Swainson’s Hawks.

Great Blue Heron Repeatedly “Baptizing” A Large Fish

This behavior from a Great Blue Heron was new to me.

Black-necked Stilt Eating A Fish

The diet of Black-necked Stilts consists primarily of aquatic invertebrates but they’re also known to take the occasional small fish.

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